School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics

Molecular Biology and Healthcare Management (Double Major) (BS)

Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology and Healthcare Management (Double Major)

Degree Requirements (152-153 semester credit hours)¹

JSOM Faculty

FACG> jsom-healthcare-management-and-biology-bs

Professors: Ashiq Ali @axa042200, Gary Bolton @gxb122130, Huseyin Cavusoglu @huseyin, Jianqing Chen @jxc111031, William M. Cready @wmc041000, Gregory G. Dess @ggd021000, Umit G. Gurun @ugg041000, Kyle Hyndman @tdp062000, Varghese S. Jacob @vjacob, Dmitri Kuksov @dgk120030, Nanda Kumar @nkumar, Seung-Hyun Lee @sxl029100, Stanley Liebowitz @liebowit, Zhiang (John) Lin @zlin, Sumit K. Majumdar @skm021100, Syam Menon @sxm021300, Vijay S. Mookerjee @vijaym, B. P. S. Murthi @murthi, Vikram Nanda @vkn150030, Mike W. Peng @mxp059000, Hasan Pirkul @hpirkul, Suresh Radhakrishnan @sradhakr, Srinivasan Raghunathan @sraghu, Ram C. Rao @rrao, Brian Ratchford @btr051000, Michael J. Rebello @mjr071000, Gil Sadka @gxs143630, Sumit Sarkar @sumit, Wing Kwong (Eric) Tsang @wkt071000, Jun Xia @jxx132030, Ying Xie @yxx124930, Harold Zhang @hxz054000, Zhiqiang (Eric) Zheng @zxz062000

Associate Professors: Mehmet Ayvaci @mua120030, Nina Baranchuk @nxb043000, Zhonglan Dai @zxd051000, Rebecca Files @rlf092000, Surya N. Janakiraman @suryaj, Robert L. Kieschnick Jr. @rkiesch, Atanu Lahiri @axl144730, Jun Li @jxl128031, Ningzhong Li @nxl124130, Lívia Markóczy @lxm055000, Ramachandran (Ram) Natarajan @nataraj, Naim Bugra Ozel @nbo150030, Young U. Ryu @ryoung, Harpreet Singh @hxs104000, Upender Subramanian @uxs092000, Shaojie Tang @sxt146930, Kelsey D. Wei @kdw061000, Han (Victor) Xia @hxx110930, Yexiao Xu @yexiaoxu, Alejandro Zentner @axz051000, Jieying Zhang @jxz146230, Yuan Zhang @yxz122931, Zhe (James) Zhang @zxz145430, Feng Zhao @fxz082000, Yibin Zhou @yxz066000

Assistant Professors: Sheen Levine @ssl140530, Radha Mookerjee @rvm019000, Alejandro Rivera Mesias @axr150331, Christian Von-Drathen @cxv141430, Guihua Wang @gxw130630, Steven Xiao @sxx150930

Associate Professors Emeriti: J. Richard Harrison @harrison, Jane Salk @jes025000, David J. Springate @spring8

Visiting Professor: Emily Choi @exc113230

Clinical Professors: John Barden @jpb063000, Britt Berrett @brb051000, Abhijit Biswas @axb019100, Shawn Carraher @smc130730, Larry Chasteen @chasteen, Howard Dover @hfd021000, John Gamino @jpg140630, Randall S. Guttery @rxg112530, William Hefley @weh150130, Marilyn Kaplan @mkaplan, Peter Lewin @plewin, Jeffrey Manzi @jxm158130, John F. McCracken @jfm, Diane S. McNulty @dmcnulty, Daniel Rajaratnam @dxr143430, Kannan Ramanathan @kxr087000, Mark Thouin @mxt083000, Habte Woldu @wolduh, Fang Wu @fxw052000, Laurie L. Ziegler @ziegler

Clinical Associate Professors: Shawn Alborz @sxa063000, Dawn Owens @dmo130130, Carolyn Reichert @carolyn

Clinical Assistant Professors: Moran Blueshtein @mxb135230, Jeffery (Jeff) Hicks @jnh061000, Kristen Lawson @kal110030, Liping Ma @lxm133730, Ravi Narayan @rln130030, Parneet Pahwa @pxp030100, Nassim Sohaee @nxs045000

Professors of Instruction: Semiramis Amirpour @sxa130731, Mary Beth Goodrich @goodrich, Chris Linsteadt @ccl019000, Matt Polze @mmp062000, Luell (Lou) Thompson @lot013000

Associate Professors of Instruction: Judd Bradbury @jdb101000, Amal El-Ashmawi @ahe013000, Ayfer Gurun @axg119030, Maria Hasenhuttl @h1562, Julie Haworth @haworth, Thomas (Tom) Henderson @txh093000, Jennifer G. Johnson @jxj091000, Hubert Zydorek @hxz120930

Assistant Professors of Instruction: Daniel Karnuta @dxk173030, Joseph Mauriello @jam151430, Victoria D. McCrady @vdm130030

Professors of Practice: Tiffany A. Bortz @tabortz, Alexander Edsel @ade012000, Rajiv Shah @rxs079000, Keith Thurgood @klt160130

Associate Professors of Practice: Richard Bowen @rxb073100, Jackie Kimzey @jxk092000, Margaret Smallwood @meg012400, Steven Solcher @sjs107020, Kathy Zolton @kxz121730

Assistant Professors of Practice: Edward Meda @exm150330, Timothy Stephens @tgs170130, Robert Wright @rgw091000

NSM Faculty

FACG> nsm-molecular-biology-and-healthcare-management-bs

Professors: Rockford K. Draper @draper, Juan E. González @jgonzal, Kelli Palmer @klp120030, Lawrence J. Reitzer @reitzer, Stephen Spiro @sxs067400, Li Zhang @lxz075000, Michael Qiwei Zhang @mqz091000

Associate Professors: Joseph Boll @jxb230044, Mehmet Candas @candas, Nikki Delk @nad140230, Tae Hoon Kim @txk142630, Faruck Morcos @afg150230, Duane D. Winkler @ddw130330, Zhenyu Xuan @zxx091000

Assistant Professors: Nicole De Nisco @njd160330, Nicholas Dillon @nxd210018, Xintong Dong @xxd220000, Lin Jia @lxj200008, Purna Joshi @pxj210010, Erica Sanchez @exs220022, Darshan Sapkota @dxs210043

Professors Emeriti: Lee A. Bulla @bulla, Donald M. Gray @dongray

Associate Professors Emeriti: Gail A. M. Breen @breen, Dennis L. Miller @dmiller

Clinical Professor: David Murchison @dfm100020

Professors of Instruction: Scott A. Rippel @rippel, Uma Srikanth @ukrish

Associate Professors of Instruction: Wen-Ju Lin @wenju, Elizabeth Pickett @eaw016100, Ilya Sapozhnikov @isapoz

Assistant Professors of Instruction: Stephanie Boyd @sdb074000, Yi Huang @yxh220019, Meenakshi Maitra @mxm172731, Caitlin Maynard @cmb170830, Iti Mehta @ixm121430, Ramesh Padmanabhan @rxp104120, Jing Pan @jxp134330, Ruben D. Ramirez @rdr092000, Eva Sadat @exs190014, Subha Sarcar @sns064000, Michelle Wilson @mxw084000, Zhuoru Wu @zxw190014

Associate Professor of Practice: Uyen Henson @unh130030

Research Assistant Professors: Li Liu @lliu, Ru-Hung Wang @rxw012400

Senior Lecturer: Wen-Ho Yu @why061000

UT Dallas Affiliated Faculty: Heng Du @hxd131030, Jung-whan (Jay) Kim @jxk132330

I. Core Curriculum Requirements: 42 semester credit hours²

Communication: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from Communication Core courses (see advisor)

Mathematics: 3 semester credit hours

MATH 2417 Calculus I^{3, 4, 5, 6, 7}

or MATH 2413 Differential Calculus^{3, 4, 5, 6, 7}

Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Mathematics Core courses⁷ (see advisor)

Life and Physical Sciences: 6 semester credit hours

CHEM 1311 General Chemistry I⁴

or CHEM 1315 Honors Freshman Chemistry I⁴

CHEM 1312 General Chemistry II⁴

or CHEM 1316 Honors Freshman Chemistry II⁴

Or select any 6 semester credit hours from Life and Physical Sciences Core courses (see advisor)

Language, Philosophy and Culture: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Language, Philosophy and Culture Core courses (see advisor)

Creative Arts: 3 semester credit hours

Select any 3 semester credit hours from Creative Arts Core courses (see advisor)

American History: 6 semester credit hours

Select any 6 semester credit hours from American History Core courses (see advisor)

Government/Political Science: 6 semester credit hours

GOVT 2305 American National Government

GOVT 2306 State and Local Government

Or select any 6 semester credit hours from Government/Political Science Core courses (see advisor)

Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 semester credit hours

Choose one of the following:⁸

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{3, 4}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{3, 4}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{3, 4}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{3, 4}

Or select any 3 semester credit hours from Social and Behavioral Sciences Core courses (see advisor)

Component Area Option: 6 semester credit hours

Choose two of the following:⁸

MATH 2419 Calculus II^{4, 5, 9}

or MATH 2414 Integral Calculus^{4, 5, 9}

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{3, 4}

BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{3, 4}

ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{3, 4}

ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{3, 4}

Or select any 6 semester credit hours from Component Area Option Core courses (see advisor)

II. Major Requirements: 89-90 semester credit hours

Students must meet all course prerequisites.

Biology Major Preparatory Courses: 20-21 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum

CHEM 1111 General Chemistry Laboratory I

or CHEM 1115 Honors Freshman Chemistry Laboratory I

CHEM 1112 General Chemistry Laboratory II

or CHEM 1116 Honors Freshman Chemistry Laboratory II

CHEM 1311 General Chemistry I⁴

or CHEM 1315 Honors Freshman Chemistry I⁴

CHEM 1312 General Chemistry II⁴

or CHEM 1316 Honors Freshman Chemistry II⁴

CHEM 2323 Introductory Organic Chemistry I³

or CHEM 2327 Honors Organic Chemistry I³

CHEM 2325 Introductory Organic Chemistry II³

or CHEM 2328 Honors Organic Chemistry II³

CHEM 2233 Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory³

or CHEM 2237 Honors Organic Chemistry Laboratory³

MATH 2417 Calculus I^{3, 4, 5, 6, 7}

or MATH 2413 Differential Calculus^{3, 4, 5, 6, 7}

MATH 2419 Calculus II^{4, 5, 9}

or MATH 2414 Integral Calculus^{4, 5, 9}

PHYS 2325 Mechanics

and PHYS 2125 Physics Laboratory I

or PHYS 2421 Honors Physics I - Mechanics and Heat¹⁰

PHYS 2326 Electromagnetism and Waves

or PHYS 2422 Honors Physics II - Electromagnetism and Waves

PHYS 2126 Physics Laboratory II

Biology Core Courses: 33 semester credit hours

BIOL 2111 Introduction to Modern Biology Workshop I³

BIOL 2112 Introduction to Modern Biology Workshop II³

BIOL 2281 Introductory Biology Laboratory³

BIOL 2311 Introduction to Modern Biology I³

BIOL 2312 Introduction to Modern Biology II³

BIOL 3401 Genetics

BIOL 3402 Molecular and Cell Biology

BIOL 3461 Biochemistry I

or CHEM 3461 Biochemistry I

BIOL 3462 Biochemistry II

or CHEM 3462 Biochemistry II

or BIOL 3335 Microbial Physiology

BIOL 3380 Biochemistry Laboratory

BIOL 4461 Biophysical Chemistry

Business Major Preparatory Courses: 12 semester credit hours beyond Core Curriculum

ACCT 2301 Introductory Financial Accounting³

ACCT 2302 Introductory Management Accounting³

BLAW 2301 Business and Public Law³

OPRE 3360 Managerial Methods in Decision Making Under Uncertainty

or STAT 2332 Introductory Statistics for Life Sciences

or STAT 3360 Probability and Statistics for Management and Economics

Choose two of the following⁸:

BA 1310 Making Choices in Free Market Systems^{3, 4}

or BA 1320 Business in a Global World^{3, 4}

or ECON 2301 Principles of Macroeconomics^{3, 4}

or ECON 2302 Principles of Microeconomics^{3, 4}

Business Core Courses: 24 semester credit hours

BCOM 1300 Professional Communication¹¹

or BCOM 3300 Business Communication¹¹

BCOM 4300 Advanced Professional Communication

FIN 3320 Business Finance

IMS 3310 International Business

ITSS 3300 Information Technology for Business

MKT 3300 Principles of Marketing

OBHR 3310 Organizational Behavior

or OBHR 3330 Introduction to Human Resource Management

OPRE 3310 Supply Chain and Operations Management

III. Elective Requirements: 21 semester credit hours

A practicum experience of at least 160 working hours is required, with registration in one of the courses below.

HMGT 4090 Healthcare Management Internship¹²

BA 4090 Management Internship^{12, 13}

A community engagement experience is required, with registration in the course below.

BA 4095 Social Sector Engagement and Community Outreach Practicum¹⁴

Healthcare Management Core Courses: 18 semester credit hours

HMGT 3301 Introduction to Healthcare Management

HMGT 3310 Healthcare Regulatory Environment

HMGT 3311 Healthcare Financial Analysis

HMGT 3320 Economics of Healthcare Environment

HMGT 4321 Introduction to Healthcare Information Systems

HMGT 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Healthcare Management

or BPS 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Business

or ENTP 4395 Capstone Senior Project - Entrepreneurship

Biology (3 semester credit hours):

BIOL 4380 Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory¹⁵

or BIOL 3V96 Undergraduate Research in Molecular and Cell Biology

or BIOL 4391 Senior Research in Molecular and Cell Biology

or BIOL 4399 Senior Honors Research for Thesis in Molecular and Cell Biology

The plan must include sufficient upper-division courses to total 45 upper-division semester credit hours.

1. Degree is 153-154 semester credit hours if students are required to take NATS 1101.

2. Curriculum Requirements can be fulfilled by other approved courses from institutions of higher education. The courses listed are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy both Core Curriculum and Major Requirements at UT Dallas.

3. Indicates a prerequisite class to be completed before enrolling for upper-division classes.

4. A required Major course that also fulfills a Core Curriculum requirement. Semester credit hours are counted in Core Curriculum.

5. Six semester credit hours of Calculus are counted under Mathematics Core and Component Area Option Core, and 2 semester credit hours of Calculus are counted as Biology Major Preparatory Courses.

6. MATH 2413 is required for the Healthcare Management/Molecular Biology prescribed double major. Students may elect to substitute MATH 2417 for MATH 2413.

7. To make timely degree progress, students should complete MATH 2413 or MATH 2417 by the end of their first semester at UT Dallas. Students who will not meet this requirement should contact their academic advisor to discuss their degree timeline.

8. Certain courses listed are prerequisites for major core, major concentration, or major related courses. Choose accordingly.

9. Students may elect to substitute MATH 2419 for MATH 2414.

10. Students who complete PHYS 2421 do not need to complete PHYS 2125.

11. JSOM first-time-in-college freshmen are required to take BCOM 1300 in their first semester. Transfer students and students new to JSOM are required to take BCOM 3300 in their first semester.

12. Students may fulfill the internship requirement with HMGT 4090, BA 4090, or HMGT 4V90 (1-3 semester credit hours). The zero semester credit hour courses HMGT 4090 or BA 4090 are recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy this requirement.

13. Students employed in full-time jobs may fulfill their internship requirement with their current employer as a special project with preapproval from their program director

14. Students may fulfill the community engagement requirement with BPS 4396 or BA 4095, IMS 4335, ENTP 4340, or MKT 4360. The zero semester credit hour course BA 4095 is recommended as the most efficient way to satisfy this requirement.

15. Requires permission of the Biology Undergraduate Advisor to ensure training in recombinant DNA analysis.